Wrongly Demolished!
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By Janet Hunt
@jahunt (1380)
United States
March 28, 2016 2:59pm CST
Did you hear the story on the news about the house that was wrongly demolished? Turns out that the demolition team used Google Map’s directions and demolished the wrong house. Luckily, no one was home. However, this poor lady now has no home. Her home had survived a previous tornado and she was waiting on insurance estimates to have this damage repaired. There is pending litigation against Google Maps. However, I think this will be unsuccessful. Ultimately, the demolition company is legally liable to guarantee it is demolishing the right house. I am going to try to include a link to the story. We’ll see if it works!
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6 responses
@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
28 Mar 16
This is the first I have heard of it. Nothing surprises me lately. Sad that this woman's home was wrecked due to the negligence of the wrecking company. The company should be held responsible for the damage.
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@ElusiveButterfly (45941)
• United States
29 Mar 16
@jahunt I agree that he should. I hope that he has good insurance.
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@jahunt (1380)
• United States
29 Mar 16
@ElusiveButterfly I am sure they will pay dearly for this mistake and rightly they should!
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@ghostie2472 (252)
• Cebu, Philippines
28 Mar 16
"Dude, where's my house?"
Kidding.
That's sad. That happens when you rely on technology too much.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
28 Mar 16
Yes it works fine my friend.
Isn´t this awful?
That company surely can be sued for this?
I mean really to me there is no excuse for this kind of mistake.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
28 Mar 16
@jahunt Well one wouldnt think so..I hope they do decide to do the right thing for his most unfortunate family.
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@Gina145 (3949)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
29 Mar 16
That's unbelievable. The demolition company are still lucky that they're only liable for damage to property. On a different day someone could have been seriously injured or even killed, and they could have been in a lot worse trouble.
And I love the line at the end saying that "no one from the demolition company had apologized for the mistake". That's just adding insult to injury.
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@lilnana1111 (2305)
• United States
29 Mar 16
OMG, that is so sad, that poor lady. I hope the step up and do the right thing, and build her a new home.
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